[Elecraft] Oscilloscope Requirements?

[Ethan Miller K8GU]

It all depends on what you're trying to do.  Truthfully, since you're
asking for suggestions, I wouldn't spend too much on it unless you
have a specific application in mind.  In the almost 20 years I've been
a ham (and tinkerer), I've owned three scopes.  Two of them were
freebies (10 and 40 MHz bandwidth, respectively) and the third, which
I still have, is a Tektronix 464 100-MHz analog storage model that I
bought for a reasonable sum.  I didn't need the 464, but I had money
burning a hole in my pocket and one came along.  I really can't
imagine a ham application where you would *need* a more than 100-MHz
scope.  So, pick the 100ish-MHz scope with the portability, number of
channels, brand reputation, etc, that you want.  If I can't afford
nice things new, I usually choose to buy used things that were good
when they were new.

Just one opinion, though...

73,

--Ethan, K8GU/3.

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM, TAC <crites57 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've decided to spring for a new digital storage oscilloscope and thought I'd
> solicit some opinions on how much scope I really need for general
> electronics and ham radio. 2 or 4 channel, 100 or 200 Mhz, memory buffer
> size, etc?Anyone using the PicoScope?  At work we have 500 Mhz, 4 GSa/s
> Agilent scopes and unfortunately that's a little out of my budget.  I was
> looking at the PicoScope line (http://www.picotech.com/) which look pretty
> interesting.  Looks like there are a number of cheap knock offs out of
> China. Thnx,-TAC
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